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The garden as the sun sinks - light through the hornbeam hedge. A blaze of colour for just a few minutes every evening. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We have been away. In London for a few days to celebrate it being 35 years since our first date. It should have been to a Marc Cohn concert, but when that was cancelled, we decided to go anyway. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 35 years seems like an impossibly long time, it is forever and it is the blink of an eye. Like all the best things. #howihueit #simpleandstill #capturequiet #beautyyouseek #calm_collected #aseasonalway #aseasonalshift #cornersofmyworld #slowlived #slowandsimpledays #quietchaotics #wearetheark #ofsimplethings #beautyinsimplicity #floralstories #allthingsbotanical #underthefloralspell #slowfloralstyle #livethelittlethings #thehappynow #ihavethisthingwithflowers #moodforfloral #aseasonalway #slowlivingforlife #aflowerfilledlife
It is the last gasp of the columbines - their petals were scattered by overnight rain. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I shall leave them to make their jaunty seed heads amongst the grass. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ If you are looking for a plant that is happy in long grass you couldn't do better - in fact I think it is happier there than in a border - it uses the grass as a prop so doesn't blow over in sudden gusts. #momentslikethese #the_gentle_manifesto #daysofsmallthings #natureandnourish #cornersofmygarden #daysofsimpleandslow #ournaturedays #aquietmoment #pocketsofslow #wearetheark #aseasonalway #amomentofwonder
The bright orange flower Fox and cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca) arrived a few years ago - right at the top of the perennial meadow. Now it is gradually spreading down the slope, threading it’s way through the dark columbines. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It’s an invasive weed in a lot of countries but here it has a perfect level of scattering itself around - bright and glowing amongst the grass. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #momentslikethese #the_gentle_manifesto #daysofsmallthings #natureandnourish #aseasonalway #daysofsimpleandslow #ournaturedays #aquietmoment #pocketsofslow #thesweetlifeunscripted #folkandstory
It is my birthday today and I intend to spend most of the day in the garden. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ There are a couple of orders to send out and some seedlings to drop off, but then it will just be me and this little menace pottering around the vegetable patch and putting seedlings in the ground (and hopefully not digging them up). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Then I will be away from the main Instagram feed for a couple of weeks. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I will still pop up from time to time in the Studio Club stories feed, but otherwise I'll be on a social media break. 📷 @katgoldin #momentslikethese #the_gentle_manifesto #daysofsmallthings #natureandnourish #aseasonalway #daysofsimpleandslow #ournaturedays #aquietmoment #pocketsofslow #thesweetlifeunscripted #folkandstory #slowliving #mindfulgardening
My elder daughter Zoë asked for a stripy jumper knitted with wool dyed from the garden. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ These are the finished skeins - currently curing in the studio - dyed with sweet cicely, dock, bay, birch and nettle. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In a month they will be ready to knit with. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The slowest of slow fashion. #slowstitching #slowfashion #naturaldyeing #foragedcolour #foragedcolor #naturaldyersofinstagram #sustainablemaking #sustainablecraft #plantdyedyarn #plantdyes
I find that, unless I have a particular time set aside for doing something I often simply don’t get around to it. Even when that thing takes half an hour, even when I really want to do it. So this weekend, in the Studio Club, we set aside some time to start making a balm from daisies. I videoed myself as I went along and was there to answer questions. It made me realise that it’s actually quite difficult to see from the outside all the things that go on in the Club week to week. So I’ve decided to send an extra email every month , just to the people on the waiting list, giving a access to something that is usually members only. If you’ve been wondering whether the Studio Club is for you, you can join the waiting list via my profile. The next opening is in August. #sustainablemaking #slowliving #seasonalhome #daisybalm #herbalife #startwhereyouare #
Kat Goldin came round for a cup of tea and a natter last week - and took this photo of me for the next edition of A Seasonal Way. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I'm posting it today because it shows off the dress that I am inordinately proud of having knitted! The bodice is the Deren cardigan by @jacquelinecieslak and the skirt just flares out from that into a mid calf twirl. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My pride is in the keeping going with the knitting . . . and in eventually using up some of the cones of wool silk yarn that I bought from a mill closure in 1984. 📷 @katgoldin #derensweater #derenpullover #jacquelineceislak #embodycapsulecollection #memademay2022 #memademay #memademayplus #memade2022 #sustainablefashion #seasonalhome
A week in dyes - recycled cotton threads from the dye pots, sorted, labelled and curing in the Studio. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ From left to right ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Sweet Cicely and iron Bloody dock Bay and bloody dock Bay and iron Sweet Cicely and bloody dock, Sweet Cicely This year I’m exploring layering up colours and creating depth and also trying to work out how the base effects colour. #botanicaldye #alchemy #growyourowncolour #gameoftones #plantdyed #naturallydyedwool #plantdyersofinstagram #craftwithconscience #shadesofnature #extractedfromnature #inspiredbynaturesbeauty #slowstitching #sustainablemaking #foragedcolour
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